Iranian official threatens US digital infrastructure in the Middle East if hostilities resume
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Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said Iranian forces would destroy US digital infrastructure in the Middle East if the United States resumes hostilities. He identified data centers, AI facilities and network cables as potential targets.
- An Iranian official said US data centers, AI facilities and network cables in the Middle East could be targeted if US hostilities resume.
- The threat is not evidence of an attack, infrastructure damage or an outage.
- No specific facilities, operators, countries or capacity volumes were identified.
- The situation could elevate requirements for physical security, route diversity and business-continuity planning for regional digital infrastructure.
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said in an interview with Press TV that Iranian forces would destroy US digital infrastructure in the Middle East should the United States resume hostilities.
Rezaei named data centers, AI facilities and network cables among the assets that could be targeted. He said US technology assets in the region potentially exposed to the threat were worth more than $2 trillion, although no methodology or independent substantiation for that valuation was provided.
The statement follows a 9 October New York Times report, cited in the source material, that the United States was developing plans for a renewed military campaign against Iran. The report, based on unnamed sources, described the potential campaign as short, at about three days.
For data-center operators, hyperscalers and network providers, the development highlights the need to account for military risk in site selection, physical security, diverse connectivity and business-continuity planning across the Middle East. The available information does not identify any specific facilities, operators, host countries or capacity volumes that could be affected.
There is no confirmation of an attack, damage to a data center, or disruption to digital services. As a result, no immediate impact on regional data-center capacity has been established.
The statement raises the perceived geopolitical and physical-security risk surrounding digital infrastructure in the Middle East. No attack, asset damage or service disruption has been confirmed, but the threat could affect risk assessments, connectivity resilience planning and business-continuity preparations for regional data-center and AI infrastructure.
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